Andy Davies , Home Affairs Correspondent
Andy Davies is a Home Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News covering Wales & the West of England.
In 2019 he was named TV Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society. This followed his reporting on the programme’s award-winning Cambridge Analytica investigation and ‘Out in the Cold’ homelessness series. His feature ‘Her Name was Lindy’ about a 32 year old rough sleeper who died in Cardiff was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils.
Operating out of our Cardiff bureau, he has reported on some of the most high profile criminal cases in recent years (April Jones; Ian Watkins; Jo Yeates; Becky Watts) and previously broke several exclusives on the phone hacking scandal. He is the only journalist to have interviewed ex-police officer Bob Lambert about his hugely controversial double life in which he fathered a child while working undercover.
Before joining Channel 4 News, he was a reporter for BBC Panorama and BBC Northern Ireland.
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1,700 jobs cut in Wales as Ford factory closure confirmed
The factory has been in service for 40 years and its closure will have a huge impact on the local community.
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D-Day 75th anniversary marked by world leaders
It has been an emotional, poignant day in Portsmouth. The ceremony around lunchtime included speeches and readings from world leaders, but by far the warmest applause of the day was reserved for the veterans themselves as they took the stage. There are not many left who can recall the horror of D-Day first hand, most…
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D-Day veterans returning to Normandy on 75th anniversary
The next leg of President Trump’s UK trip will take him to Portsmouth tomorrow, to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day with the Queen.
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Hundreds of WW2 veterans set sail from Dover for D-Day 75th anniversary
More than 200 second world war veterans have boarded a ship chartered by the Royal British Legion – ready to set sail from Dover tonight bound for Dunkirk.
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Feeding birds boosts numbers and species, study suggests
Britain’s growing love affair with feeding garden birds is having a surprising effect on the population of our feathered friends.
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Merthyr baby’s death due to ‘systemic failures’ at hospital
Jenson James Francis was pronounced dead just 40 minutes after he was born. Today, a coroner has concluded that systemic failures in the maternity unit at the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil caused Jenson’s death.
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Four Welsh Assembly members switch to Brexit Party from UKIP
Four members of the Welsh Assembly have today announced they’ve joined the Brexit Party.
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Plan for new M4 relief road near Newport sparks climate debate
It will be the biggest infrastructure decision ever taken by the Welsh government – whether to build a new stretch of motorway to bypass a notoriously jam-prone section of the M4 near Newport.
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Police fined over Thomas Orchard cell death
A police force has been fined nearly a quarter of a million pounds over health and safety breaches, relating to a belt which was used around the heads of people in custody.
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Bombardier to sell its operations in Northern Ireland
The aerospace firm Bombardier has announced it’s selling its Northern Ireland operation – which employs up to 4,000 people across several sites.
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Report finds serious failings in maternity services at two hospitals in South Wales
An independent report has found serious failings in maternity services at two hospitals in South Wales.
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Condolences pour in for family of journalist shot and killed in Londonderry
She was a ‘journalist of courage, style and integrity’… ‘a writer drawn to subjects usually met with silence’… a ‘tremendous talent’.
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Brexit: voters in Pontypool react to announcement of third delay to date UK leaves the EU
Millions of people who voted for Brexit are furious that Britain didn’t leave the EU on March 29th – so what do they make of yet another delay? Our home affairs correspondent Andy Davies has returned to Pontypool in the south Wales valleys to ask voters about the latest deadline and what they think should…
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Labour hold Newport West in by-election
Yesterday, voters in Newport West had the chance to give their verdict on parliament’s handling of the UK’s EU departure.
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Final hours of campaigning in Newport West by-election
Some 145 miles from all the shenanigans in Westminster, it’s the final hours of campaigning for the candidates in the Newport West by-election. Whoever wins will be the first new MP in the seat since 1987. It was held by Labour veteran Paul Flynn until he died in February. This was, of course, a by-election due to be…
